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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07
Macadam Roads.

McAdam's plan was to thorough
ly drain the road bed properly shape
it, sioping 1t each way from the Gen.
tire, so as to discharge water, and not
crowning it by greater thickness o.
stone in the middle.
On this bed is placed. oa q dry
day, Q coating OF three inches of clean
broken stone. A rooler is then used,
or traffic allowed upon it, unit
we'll packed. If traffic is admitted
men must be on hand to rake in al
ruts as soon as formed The second
coating Of three inches is added at
| 6 wet time, as moisture helps the
consolidation. This coating is tfeat.
ed as before and a third coating is
then added, and finally fourth, if
necessary.
The stone ia to he clean, nothing
being laid ON for so called building" "
Olean, broken stone will combine by
its own angle into solid surface.
A heavy roller will help The con.
solidation. One made of hollow
cylinder, with several chambers,
which can be filled with sand, and so
increase its weight as the road be-
comes packed, is most excellent.
A road Just completed requires
careful attention for some time, and
ell ruts ard ridges must be removed
as soon as formed, until the materials
become thoroughly consolidated.
All the stone used must be small
enough to pass through a ring two
inches in diameter.
Telford's plan differed somewhat
from MoAdam's, and " as as follows ::
He prepared level bed. and set in
a layer OF medium-sized stones.
These rested on their broadcast edges,
and lay length wise across the road.
They were seven inches high in the
centre, and sloped of to three
inches Of the sides The interstices
were to packed by light hammer by
hand with stone chips.
-Four inches of small broken stone,
like McAdam's, were then to put on,
and worked in by traffic. care being
taken to keep men removing rats,
and to keep the surface smooth.
Then, a inal coating of two inches Of
the same stone was to bo put on and
treated In the same way. Care,
however, to be exercised not to
make these last coatings as thick at
the edges as in the centre, 50 that
the final conyexity of the road would
Le 81. inches. The whole was to be
covered with an inch and half of
clean gravel.
Neither one of these systems is lit
orally followed in this country BIZ: tha
principal features of Teltord'a ere
followed.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07
The Latest Departure.

The little city of Parker Was start
led from center to circumference on
Thursday last when it became known
that W S. Gephar. had left for parts
unknown to prevent being re.arrested
for embezzlement Inquiries were
made and it proved too true he had
quietly left his wife and five little lit
tie children and hied himself from
the clutches of the officers.
Mr.. Gephart was arrested several
months ago at the instance of Mes
srs. Leonard and Graham. admins,
traitors of the late John Leonard es-
tate. The friends of Mr.. Gcphart
were assured by him that he was in.
nocent of wrong and could show a
clear record. 1t appears that some
years back James Leonard placed in
the hands of Mr. w. S. Gephart certi-
foates representing about 5000 bar
rels of oil and when it was called for,
to settle up the estate. only 1000
barrels were obtainable which were
delivered The balance was promis-
ed from time to time, but not being
forthcoming he was arrested on a
charge of embezzlement and held to
bail for his appearance at Court.
The case was postponed to the Sep
tember term. During the interim
Mr.. Gephart attended to his duties
regularly and lis friends believed
him innocent Of all guilt. At the
trial his attorneys perceived that the
Indictment was faulty, the time not
being stated when tho accused had
embezzled the said funds, and asked
On that ground q discontinuance of
the case which was granted, thereby
releasing Gephart and also bis bonds
men. The parties returned to this
city Friday, September 8, and the
following day Gephart left for Brook
vile, since which time he has not re-
turned, thereby preventing the Off
GERS serving new papers and rear
resting him.
Mr.. Gephart resided in this city
for about eleven years, during which
time be has been engaged as clerk for
the pipeline, and Of late with the
Keystone Natural Gas Co.. He has
held several important Offices, for
years acted as Treasurer for the City
and School. also for several secret so.
cleties, and his accounts were accury
ately kept and the funds promptly
paid over to his successors. He l;v-
ed within his means and his accounts
with home merchants were promptly
psid. He attended to the duties Of
the church and Sunday to which he
seemed particularly attached, and to
whatever position he was appointed
gave universal satisfaction as an eff.
cieut officer. But this last act of
which he is accused and his
escape FROM the town for
fear of being re-arrested
darkens a heretofore spotless record.
No doubt he is alone to blame in the
matter, but being man of very few
words and one who seemed to have
no confdants nothing could be learn
ed, further than his svowed state.
ment that he could prove him self in
noeent.--ParAer Phenir.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07
Give Them A Chance !

That is to say, your lungs. Also
all your breathing machinery. Very
wonderful machinery it is. Not only
the larger ir.passages, but the thou
sands of little tubes and cavities lead
ing from them. When these are
clogged and choked with matter
which ought not to be there, your
lungs cannot half do their work.
And what they do, they cannot do
we'll. Call it cold, cough, Group,
pneumonia, catarrh, consumption or
any of the family of throat and nose
and head and lung obstructions, all
are bad All ought to be got rid of.
There is just one sure way to get rid
of them. That is to take Boschee's
German Syrup, which any druggist
will sell you at 10 cents q bottle.
Even if everything else has failed
you, you may depend upon this for
certain.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07
NO. 46
Joe Grimaldi, The Clown.

1t was well known that Grimaldi.
the celebrated clown, was in the hab.
it of receiving his salary every Sat.
urdag night from the Sadler's- Wells
threatre, and driving home with it in
a gig to Finchley, about midnight.
I One night he saw, as he rode
along. sitting on milestone, on the
London side of the Finchley side of
the turnpike, an old woman with a
basket. She seemed to be so fatigued
that Grimaldi pulled up and said:
Nv hats the matter, mother 2"
"Ohn, said the old woman, in a
feeble voice, II am i'll, and 1 am
afraid l cannot walk to Finchley."
Jump in" said the good.natared
Joe.
Actors have sharp eyes, and it
struck Grimaldi that the manner in
which she got into the gig was not
tie way in which q woman does that
"kind of thing"
When she was in she put the bas.
ket which had a cover to it, down at
her feet. Grimaldi having his sus-
p!cions aroused, resolved to draw her
out in conversation. "Hello!"
thought Grimaldi, Il am doomed to
be robbed, and perhaps murdered;
this it pretty go. | cannot attack
this man or woman on mere suspic-
ion, while he can choose his own
time to overpower me-" In this un-
com Portable state he drove for a few
minutes, when an expedient pre-
sented itself, which be resolved to
put in practice. In appearing to
whip his his horse he huurished his
whip over his head, and managed to
knock his hat off. Pulling up his
horse, he cried:
Mother, | am sorry to trouble an
old lady, but my horse is restive and
| dare not trust the reins out of my
own hands. Just get out. and pick
up my hat for me-"
The woman, after some little he 81.
tation, complied, but the very min
ute she had got out Grimaldi whip
ped his horse, and flashed off at full
speed. A volley of oaths in a most
unmistakable manly voice. convinced
Grimaldi that his conjectures were
right, and that he Lad just. had a
very narrow escape.
Upon examining the basket, pair
of pistols, ready loaded and primed,
was found.
Grimaldi thus exchanged his hat
for the pistols.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07
A Dangerous Gun.

Lieut.. Zalinski of our Navy, has
invented dynamite gun which pro-.
mises to revolutionize coast defenses.
1t was tried the other day at New
i iork with much satisfaction. The
gun used by Lieut.. Zalinski was q
comparatively small one, and yet
two shells at long range were suffi-
cient to knock an old vessel to pieces
at distance of one and half miles.
A more powerful gun with dynamite
shells containing 600 instead of 100
pounds of explosive compound would
have imperilled the mightiest Of the
turret-ships of the English Navy;
and no engineer can yet conjecture
the limit which is set to the size and
destructiveness of projectiles of this
class.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07
The Election of the Future.

When the right of suffrage is final.
ly given women and they both vote
and hold office, we may expect to
hear candidates for office size up wo
men at the polls.
"Who are you going to vote for
Bessie ?"
Il really don't know. But dom
you think it's perfectly lovely for us
to have the right to vote at all ?n
"Oh, its too awfnlly jolly for any.
thing. But, do you know I was just
worried to death for fear Madame
FIFTEEN wouldn't have my dress done
in time for election day"
But she did, l see and it's Just
lovely. l was worried awfully over
my election bonnet, but it came at
the last moment or | wouldn't have
come near the pools Are you going
to vote for Mamie Berkeley for city
treasurer z"
mo, Pm not we've been out a
long time, and l think she is just hor-
rid"
81 think so too; she dresses away
beyond her means now, and there'd be
no living in the same town with her
if she was city treasurer. What do
you think of Mrs. St. John for
Mayor"
"Oh, l think she'd be lovely. She
has such a queenly manner and
dresses in such perfect taste; but
most of the girls are voting for How
ard Percy for Mayor"
"Oh, yes but then he's so con-
ceited, and such such dreadful firt
He's engaged himself to half the girls
in town just to secure their votes" "
"The mean, horrid thing!7
"What do you think of Mrs. Ran
ter for Congress 2"
II think she'd better stay at home
and look after her children. There's
six or seven of them running around
here now, peddling out her tickets.
Do tell me, Jane. are my frizzles all
coming out ?"
Lovely your hair does frizz 80
beautifully Look at Mr.. Meeks ell
ectioneering for his wife for represen-
tative. They say if she's elected
she's going to leave her six-weeks'
old baby at home with him while she
goes to the capitol for the legislative
session"
Think of it ! and won't she dress,
though ! Id vote for Hugh Mande-
vile, but they say he's engaged to
Helen Smythe, and l can't endure
her. She's around here some place
trying to get the other girls to vote
for Hugh"
81 call that cheeky. But | shan't
vote for him. Margie Montague is
my candidate. She's going to invite
me to Washington if she's elected"
"aow lovely that will bei' I've
half mind to vote for Margie my
self. Do know Belle Fielding and
Libbie Lavelle have had an awful
quarrel over the office of city council
man 2"
No ! How perfectly dreadful !"
"Isn't it ? Libbie accused Belle of
buying up the votes with French
bon-bons and boxes of kid gloves
and Belle told right out before every
body that eight of Libbie's upper
teeth were false and that her lovely
waves are not her own hair"
How mean of Bell IF I was Lib
bic. I'd never forgive her, | intend
ed voting for Belle. but shan't now.
l cannot consciously vote for a girl
who deliberately gives another girl
away in that shameful manner. It's q
mercy she didn't know all | do about
I.ibhie. or ths poor girl might have
been mortified clear out of the cam
paign. shall scratch Belle.
u've scratched about everybody
on my ticket"
so have 1. Most of the girls run
for Office are so horrld."
$50 they are."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07
A Circular That Recalls the
Horrors of Andersonville
Prison.

CHICAGO, Sept. 22.-The ann ual
convention of the National Associa.
ton of Union ex-prisoners of war was
commenced here to-day. Gen. Pavey
in his address read the circular order,
issued at Andersonville:
Headquarters Confederates States
Military Prison, Andersonville, Ca,
July 81, lS64.-The officers on duty
and in charge of the battery of Flor,
ida Artillery at the time will, upon
receiving notice that the enemy have
appeared within seven miles of the
post, open fre upon the stockade
with grape shot without reference to
the situation beyond that line of de.
fense. 1t is better that the last Fed
eral be exterminated than be permit
ted to burn and pillage the property
of loyal citizens, as they will do If
allowed to make their escape from
prison.
"By order of John HI. Winder,
Brigadier General.
"W. S. Winder, Adjutant General"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07

your ranks to day. Farewell dead
comrades with smiles and tears we
remember how you lived and died
We still feel the friendly touch of the
shoulder and the warm grasp of your
hand-sleep in the words OF Pennsyl-
vania's poet.
''Sleep comrades still in honored rest,
"1our truth and valor wearing,
"The bravest are the tenerd est,
'The loving are the daring"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07

The killing of squirrels, prairie
dogs, bears, mountain lions, wolves
and coyotes is quite an expensive
item in the yearly budget of Montana.
From January to August, 1887. that
Territory paid in bounties 500, 6,025.-
10.
1t is pity to spoil so good q
gustatory tid-bit as the grape. but
they say that it "has worms" If
the skin shall show a brown spot the
pulp will contain small white worm;
80 don't eat grape with brown
spot on it.
Farmer David l.. Dickinson, of
Chatham, n. j., makes a speciality of
raising owls. He is a skilled taxi.
dermist, and makes a good deal of
money by the sale of the stuffed spec
linens. This year he has IL broods
of young owls.
An old fellow who died over at
Berrien Springs, in the Michigan
fruit belt, the other day, said, just
before he breathed his last, that he
wished the Lord he could liye 10
years longer, just to see how mean
they would get on peach baskets.
Mrs. Eagles, an elderly woman
of Campbell county, Va, expressed
the wish shortly before her death
that her gold watch be buried with
her. The wish was carried out, and
within a week the grave was opened
in the night and the watch stolen.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07
One of the strange things of thi,

One of the strange things of this
world ls that Man wl0 is able TO
reach down into his breeches pocket
and fish out thousand dollars to pay
over 10 lightning rod ,swindlers is the
very man who says he is not able to
pay the paltry sum of $l.5O for his
county paper, which will serve him
"a an lheFriBg chart in keeping bin
from laundering on swindling break
ers Of every description. The follow
ing paragraph from the Wellsboro
Gazette shows what the lightning
rod swindlers are up to over in Tio-
ga county. Lightning rod agents
haEe been swindling the farmers of
this county outrageoqsly dAring the
past two weeks. Their method was
for advance agents to get farmer to
sign a contract stipuiatiDg that &
certain number of feet of rod should
be put up gratis, and that the balance
of the rod should be paid for at the
rate of IS cents per foot. There was
no limit 10 the nu4.baT IF feet t9 be
placed on the buildings The result
was in each case that when the men
with the wagons and rods appeared
they proceeded to put rods 6li over
barns, houses, sheds ndevery availa-
BILE structure. Protests availed moth
ing and in some cases the men were
paid handsomely to desist from their
lapors 4 gentleman Of Charleston
paid 81 ,0d6 and others paid all the
way from $1OO to $500 to get out OF
| the trap 1t seems that these swind.
lers worked the county quite general
ly before their operations were ex.
posed, and that q large number OF
far mers were ileeced H--Mc Aeaa l3t.
ner.
A Sunday school teacher asked
q little girl OF her class if she had
been baptised. "Yes,n said the little
girl, "two times?" Why how could
that be-" 1T didn't take the first
time,p said the little GIL.
Seth Greene says that fishermen
shonld drop their hooks within three
feet Of the bottom to catch big fish.
With all due respect to Seth Greene,
we should advise fishermen to drop
around to the market after any size
of fish
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07
The Republican Campaign.
1t is no longer to be doubted th

1t is no longer to be doubted thai
the organized liquor element in Pa
is this year going into politics with
unity of purpose neverbefore under.
taken. Its purpose, if possible, is to
defeat the Republican State ticket
and TO make q fight on Republican
local tickets wherever it may be
thought that anything can be accom-.
plished. The State Convention Of
brewers at Harrisburg recently resol.
we'd to subscribe large sum of mon.
ey for this purpose, and the President
of the State Liquor League is pledg-
ed to aid it. There is every proba.
bility that a considerable proportion
of the Democratic campaign fund
will come from this source.
These men do not contribute large
sums of money to help one political
party and aid in the defeat of another
without direct and personal motive.
In this case the motive is undisguised.
If the Republican party can be de.
feated this year by the alliance of the
organized liquor men with the Dem.
ocrats it will give that combination a
prestige with which they will enter
next years campaign in the hope oi
securing the Legislature then to be
elected. They will then support can.
didates pledged to the repeal of the
Sunday liquor laws, the High License
act, and to vote against the submis.
sion of the prohibitory amendment to
the Constitution to the decision OF
the people. That is the openly de.
clared purpose for which large sums
of money will be put into the hands
of the Democrats this year by the
liquor people-save the few who ia.
vOr high license-to help in the fight
against the Republican party.
The reliance of the liquor organi-
zations that Democratic Legislature
would repeal the High License act,
together with the Sunday liquor laws,
and prevent the submission of the
Prohibition amendment, is O safe one.
The attitude of the Democratic party
in last years campaign was wholly
agreeable to the liquor interest. 1t
then accepted aid from that interest
to carry on it's campaign, and it
sought in every way to harmonize
itself with the desires and interest
of the liquor men. The combination
then more strongly indicated than
ever before has now been made prac-
tically complete. The liquor orgsni-
cations look to the Democratic party
for help to repeal those laws to re-
strict their traffic which were passed
by a Republican Legislature, and the
battle of the Republican party is
against this alliance, with it's control
of national power and its almost un-
limited money resources, drawn from
the liquor business:
1t is. therefore, very evident that
the Republicans must this year fight
battle against the field, and it is q
battle that is not to be won without
the best effort. With the Demo-
cratic party struggling ro retain it's
hold on the national Government,
with the great money resources of
the liquor organizations and the aid
of the Third Party Prohibitionists it
will not be an off.year contest
Every Republican may as we'll look
the situation in the face, for every one
will need to do his full duty if sue
cess is to be made certain. -Phil'a
Press
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07

Ella Grimes, an Owego, n. Y,
girl left comfortable home in that
CITY to become a domestic because of
the alleged cruelty of her step. moth
er. Her father is well-to-do.
In the vicinity of Grey's Court,
Orange county, n Y, 500.0 600 bush.
els of onions are raised annually and
the land is valued in the neighbor-
hood of SGQG per acre,
The divorce business in Cass
county, Ind, is looking up. One
hundred and tifty-three women have
been freed from the bonds of matri-
mony within the past eighteen
months.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07
THE STONE BOOK.

Comes one with searching look,
To read the great Stone Book:
With gathered brows perplexed,
He scans the rugged text.
The knuckled rock he taps,
And ancient thunders lapse,
With deep imagined thud,
On beaches of the flood.
Old summers bud and bloom,
And sink into tomb;
He secs them bloom again,
Upon the hearths of men.
Life went with striding pace,
lie hunts upon its trace;
A track-a rib-a tooth
What birds and beasts uncouth!
Bends one with baffied look,
Above the great Stone Book,
The title-psge is dim,
The Finis not for him.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07

a friend calls oar attention to Q
disreputable looking picture in an old
classic dictionary entitled Ca sar After
an Ancient BUST" TO our mind,
this settles the question whether the
ancients INDUCED in anything strong.
er than beer.
If man and wife are one flesh,
no wonder it is such painful opera-
tion for them 80 get divorced. And,
by the way, that reminds US that di-
vorces should only be granted on
Twos day.
According to the decision Of the
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in
the easa OF Cessna et al. ys. Everett
Glass Company's Estate, mechanics
lien, although duly docketed, does
not, unless indexed, affect bona fde
purchaser OF mortgage without no.
tice.
The game laws are very rigidly
enforced at the vest. If man is
caught cheating at poker he is shot
across the table.
The Pope receives $4,000 in
terest from the capital left by Plus
TX, 100000 from rents, and S3,-
OaQ,Q Q0l FROM Reter's pence, total Ss,-
$4,000.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07

1t is all very we'll to advise peo-
pie not to build houses on sand, but
how can q man build house at all
unless he has the "sand?"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07

-Chestnuts are ripe and hal
lowe'e 'en is almost here.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-10-07
Slate Pencils,--Where They
Come From and How Made.

The ordinary slate pencil, says the
Pittsburg Telegraph, used in the
SCHOOLS is perhaps the cheapest ARTICLE
which goes to make up the outfit of a
youngster attending school.
The soapstone variety, in addition
to being used for writing and cypber-
ing, has not infreouently been used
by pensive maidehs as an article oi
diet, aud has also sometimes been
used as a weapon, offensive and de-
fensive.
But of the vast army of children
and others who use slate pencils how
many know where and how they are
made? The only manufactory ol
slate pencils in the United States is
located in the northwestern part Of
the town of Castleton, Rutland coun.
ty, Vermont. Tie stone as it comes
from the quarry is first sawed into
blocks from four to seven inches wide,
according to the length desired for
the pencils. These are split quite
easily with chisel into slabs little
thicker than the finished PENCILS
say SIG of an inch. These are pass.
ed through a planning machine and
over an emery belt to make them fiat.
smooth and of uniform thickness OF
about 3l6 of an inch. Next day
they ase pushed iato the jaws Of q
Crocodile" which consists of pair
of steel plates, in the under one of
which are six rows of curved knives,
each set 80 as to cut little deeper
than the one that went before it.
These plow out parallel grooves half
way through the slab, which a man
then turns and lays on steel plate,
having ridges which just fit these
grooves. This slides back under the
six rows of teeth ola second croco-
die laying in wait alongside, which
then cuts the grooves da the other
side, and leaves the pencils side by
side. Lastly, they are broken off for
al instant to point them upon an
emery belt. A man can give this
last touch to about 5000 in day.
The average daily output is about
10000, and the mill gives employ
Ment t9 soMe tWenty-Gye hand2.
The old plan was to saw out square
pencils from the slab one by one.
These were boxed and distributed
among poor families, who whitfield
round by hand at from a quarter to
half dollar per thousand.